A word about the checkride, from the chair on the right. I am not…

Wendell Pike · Pilot at Pike Aviation Services · Tulsa, OK

A word about the checkride, from the chair on the right. I am not looking for perfection and I have never met it. I am looking for whether you notice. Fly through the altitude and catch it and I will write nothing down. Fly through it and sit there is a different conversation entirely.

2 comments

Jesse Lin

I busted altitude by 120 feet on my private checkride, said so out loud, fixed it, and he never mentioned it again. Now I know why.

Tia Brooks

Every pre checkride brief I give ends with a version of this and it still calms people down more than any maneuver review.